This is the eighth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

What makes Chinese music Chinese? After a century of revolution and change, how do contemporary Chinese composers understand and reflect their heritage, even as they try to connect with global ...

[1.] Ancient Chinese musical instruments -- The dawn of musical culture : China's oldest musical instruments -- The wonder of bronze : a tour of Shang and Zhou musical instruments -- Palace pageantry ...

This is the ninth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

An Australian local orchestra presented a symphonic concert containing Chinese classical music on Friday night at Sydney's major landmark Town Hall. Beginning with the "Spring Festival Overture", a ...

CHICAGO — The pandemic made a trip to China to cover the Olympic host country difficult. So we pivoted and found the Spirit of China stories right here at home in the United States. We traveled to ...

The young musicians played classical Chinese instruments and announced their program in English, as the aging audience listened politely to explanations translated into Chinese. A concert Sunday by ...

Composer Bright Sheng has won MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. Two decades ago, Chamber Music Northwest was looking for a new chamber opera. David Shifrin, the nonprofit's artistic director and a ...

SINGAPORE -- Commonly known as wayang here, Chinese opera has for several decades played a prominent role in the local community. Brought here by Chinese immigrants, it has for nearly a thousand years ...